IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :-04.02.2026 Jagir Singh …Appellant Versus Surinder Kaur and another ... Respondents ****

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present :-

Ms. K.S. Sidhu, Senior Advocate with Mr. Praagbir Singh Dhindsa, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Sunil Chadha, Senior Advocate with Ms. Arash Deep Kaur, Advocate for the respondents.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J .( ORAL )

1. Aggrieved by the reversal of the well-reasoned judgment and decree of the learned Trial Court dated 25.02.1999 by the learned Additional District Judge, Ludhiana, vide the impugned judgment dated 23.10.2000, the Appellant-Defendant begs to prefer this Regular Second Appeal (“RSA” for short). It is respectfully submitted that the learned First Appellate Court exceeded its jurisdiction by over-setting findings of fact based on a flawed evidentiary appreciation, thereby occasioning a failure of justice. The Appellant, therefore, seeks the intervention of this Court to set aside the impugned judgment and decree, and to restore the decree dated 25.02.1999, ensuring the lawful resolution of the dispute.

2. The material facts and the sequence of events leading to